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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twenty-Four Minutes Past Midnight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Colonel do even though he accepts Charlie's mother's offer?
(a) Fire Charlie and his mother.
(b) Punch Charlie in the face.
(c) Require Charlie to work a day without pay.
(d) Fire Charlie.

2. Why don't Charles and Thomas see Molly anymore?
(a) Because her father meets Big Joe.
(b) Because she moves away.
(c) Because of her illness.
(d) Because Molly gets angry with them.

3. What does Thomas do after graduating from school?
(a) Go to college.
(b) Join the Navy.
(c) Work at the farm where Charlie works.
(d) Open a produce stand.

4. What does Thomas' mother start doing for the Colonel?
(a) Keeps his books.
(b) Takes care of the Colonel's wife.
(c) Does his correspondence.
(d) Supervises the hired help.

5. Why doesn't Charlie see Molly or Thomas much after the Bertha incident?
(a) He is working across the town.
(b) He has been drafted.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He is depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thomas worried about in this first memory?

2. What does Big Joe sing as a "prayer" for Molly?

3. What do the boys do when they leave the Colonel's place on Christmas Eve?

4. Who is with the Colonel when he confronts the boys?

5. What is the first thing Thomas thinks about from his past?

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